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Assault

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An assault is the act of inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action. [1]

127 relations: Affray, Aggravated sexual assault, Aggravation (law), Arrest, Assault, Assault (tort), Assault causing bodily harm, Assault occasioning actual bodily harm, Assault with intent to resist arrest, Assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty, Atë, Attempt, Attempted murder, Australia, Balaclava (clothing), Battery (crime), Boxing, Canada, Caning in Singapore, Case law, Child abuse, Children Act 2004, Children and Young Persons Act 1933, Civil law (legal system), Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005, Common assault, Common law, Common law offence, Consent (criminal law), Constable, Contact sport, County Courts Act 1984, Crime, Crime and Disorder Act 1998, Criminal Code (Canada), Criminal damage in English law, Criminal Justice Act 1988, Criminal Justice Act 1991, Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007, Criminal Law Act 1967, Criminal record, Crown Court, De minimis, Deadly weapon, Defence of property, Demosthenes, Divisional court (England and Wales), Domestic violence, Endangerment, ..., England and Wales, English law, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Felony, Fetus, Gay bashing, Greece, Grievous bodily harm, Hate crime, Hazing, HM Revenue and Customs, Hubris, Imprisonment, Inchoate offense, Indecent assault, Intention (criminal law), Intimidation, Intoxication defense, Judicial corporal punishment, Kansas, Law of South Africa, Law Reports, List of national legal systems, Lord Advocate, Lord Advocate's Reference, Magistrates' court (England and Wales), Mayhem (crime), Menacing, Mens rea, Misdemeanor, Mixed martial arts, Motor vehicle, Murder in English law, Negligence, New York (state), Night Poaching Act 1828, Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997, North Dakota, NSW Law Reports, Offences Against the Person Act 1861, Operation Spanner, Piracy Act 1837, Police, Police (Scotland) Act 1967, Police Act 1996, Police officer, Police Reform Act 2002, Policing and Crime Act 2009, Pride, Probation, Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, Rape, Road rage, Robbery, Rush Rehm, Sadomasochism, School corporal punishment, Scots law, Serious Crime Act 2007, Serious Organised Crime Agency, Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, Sexual assault, Sexual Offences Act 2003, Sovereign immunity, Street fighting, Tennessee, Terroristic threat, Theft Act 1968, Tort, Traffic Management Act 2004, UK Borders Act 2007, Unborn Victims of Violence Act, United States, United States federal probation and supervised release, Vigilante, Wrestling, Zero-sum game. Expand index (77 more) »

Affray

In many legal jurisdictions related to English common law, affray is a public order offence consisting of the fighting of one or more persons in a public place to the terror (in à l'effroi) of ordinary people.

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Aggravated sexual assault

The precise definitions of and punishments for aggravated sexual assault vary from nation to nation and state to state.

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Aggravation (law)

Aggravation, in law, is "any circumstance attending the commission of a crime or tort which increases its guilt or enormity or adds to its injurious consequences, but which is above and beyond the essential constituents of the crime or tort itself." Aggravated assault, for example, is usually differentiated from simple assault by the offender's intent (e.g., to murder or to rape), the extent of injury to the victim, or the use of a deadly weapon.

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Arrest

An arrest is the act of apprehending a person and taking them into custody, usually because they have been suspected of committing or planning a crime.

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Assault

An assault is the act of inflicting physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action.

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Assault (tort)

In common law, assault is the tort of acting intentionally, that is with either general or specific intent, causing the reasonable apprehension of an immediate harmful or offensive contact.

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Assault causing bodily harm

Assault causing bodily harm is a statutory offence of assault in Canada with aggravating factors.

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Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (often abbreviated to Assault O.A.B.H. or simply ABH) is a statutory offence of aggravated assault in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.

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Assault with intent to resist arrest

Assault with intent to resist arrest is a statutory offence of aggravated assault in England and Wales and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

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Assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty

Assaulting a constable in the execution of his duty is a statutory offence of aggravated assault in England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Hong Kong.

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Atë

Atë, Até or Aite (or; ἄτη) is the Greek goddess of mischief, delusion, ruin, and folly.

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Attempt

An attempt to commit a crime occurs if a criminal has an intent to commit a crime and takes a substantial step toward completing the crime, but for reasons not intended by the criminal, the final resulting crime does not occur.

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Attempted murder

Attempted murder is a crime of attempt in various jurisdictions.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Balaclava (clothing)

A balaclava, also known as a balaclava helmet or ski mask, is a form of cloth headgear designed to expose only part of the face.

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Battery (crime)

Battery is a criminal offense involving the unlawful physical acting upon a threat, distinct from assault which is the act of creating apprehension of such contact.

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Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves, throw punches at each other for a predetermined set of time in a boxing ring.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Caning in Singapore

Caning is a widely used form of legal corporal punishment in Singapore.

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Case law

Case law is a set of past rulings by tribunals that meet their respective jurisdictions' rules to be cited as precedent.

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Child abuse

Child abuse or child maltreatment is physical, sexual, or psychological maltreatment or neglect of a child or children, especially by a parent or other caregiver.

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Children Act 2004

The Children Act 2004 (c 31) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Children and Young Persons Act 1933

The Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (23 & 24 Geo.5 c.12) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Civil law (legal system)

Civil law, civilian law, or Roman law is a legal system originating in Europe, intellectualized within the framework of Roman law, the main feature of which is that its core principles are codified into a referable system which serves as the primary source of law.

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Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005

The Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c 11) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which combined the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise into a single government department, HM Revenue and Customs.

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Common assault

Common assault was an offence under the common law of England, and has been held now to be a statutory offence in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

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Common law offence

Common law offences are crimes under English criminal law and the related criminal law of other Commonwealth countries.

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Consent (criminal law)

In criminal law, consent may be used as an excuse and prevent the defendant from incurring liability for what was done.

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Constable

A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement.

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Contact sport

Contact sports are sports that emphasize or require physical contact between players.

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County Courts Act 1984

The County Courts Act 1984 (c. 28) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom; the long title of the Act is "An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to county courts".

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Crime

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.

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Crime and Disorder Act 1998

The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (c.37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Criminal Code (Canada)

The Criminal Code (Code criminelThe citation of this Act by this short title is authorised by the French text of of this Act.) is a law that codifies most criminal offences and procedures in Canada.

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Criminal damage in English law

In English law, causing criminal damage was originally a common law offence.

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Criminal Justice Act 1988

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c 33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Criminal Justice Act 1991

The Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

The Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007

The Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 (Act No. 32 of 2007; also referred to as the Sexual Offences Act) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that reformed and codified the law relating to sex offences.

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Criminal Law Act 1967

The Criminal Law Act 1967 (c.58) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Criminal record

A criminal record or police record is a record of a person's criminal history.

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Crown Court

The Crown Court of England and Wales is, together with the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal, one of the constituent parts of the Senior Courts of England and Wales.

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De minimis

De minimis is a Latin expression meaning "about minimal things", normally in the locutions de minimis non curat praetor ("The praetor does not concern himself with trifles") or de minimis non curat lex ("The law does not concern itself with trifles") a legal doctrine by which a court refuses to consider trifling matters.

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Deadly weapon

A deadly weapon, sometimes dangerous weapon, is an item that can inflict mortal or great bodily harm.

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Defence of property

The defence of property is a common method of justification used by defendants who argue that they should not be held liable for any loss and injury that they have caused because they were acting to protect their property.

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Demosthenes

Demosthenes (Δημοσθένης Dēmosthénēs;; 384 – 12 October 322 BC) was a Greek statesman and orator of ancient Athens.

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Divisional court (England and Wales)

A divisional court, in relation to the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, means a court sitting with at least two judges.

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Domestic violence

Domestic violence (also named domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse by one person against another in a domestic setting, such as in marriage or cohabitation.

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Endangerment

Endangerment is a type of crime involving conduct that is wrongful and reckless or wanton, and likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm to another person.

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England and Wales

England and Wales is a legal jurisdiction covering England and Wales, two of the four countries of the United Kingdom.

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English law

English law is the common law legal system of England and Wales, comprising mainly criminal law and civil law, each branch having its own courts and procedures.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), formerly the Bureau of Investigation (BOI), is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States, and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Felony

The term felony, in some common law countries, is defined as a serious crime.

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Fetus

A fetus is a stage in the prenatal development of viviparous organisms.

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Gay bashing

Gay bashing and gay bullying is verbal or physical abuse against a person who is perceived by the aggressor to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, including persons who are actually heterosexual.

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Greece

No description.

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Grievous bodily harm

Grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a term used in English criminal law to describe the severest forms of assault.

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Hate crime

A hate crime (also known as a bias-motivated crime or bias crime) is a prejudice-motivated crime which occurs when a perpetrator targets a victim because of his or her membership (or perceived membership) in a certain social group or race.

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Hazing

Hazing (US English), initiation ceremonies (British English), bastardisation (Australian English), ragging (South Asia), or deposition, refers to the practice of rituals, challenges, and other activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group including a new fraternity, sorority, team, or club.

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HM Revenue and Customs

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HM Revenue and Customs or HMRC) is a non-ministerial department of the UK Government responsible for the collection of taxes, the payment of some forms of state support and the administration of other regulatory regimes including the national minimum wage.

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Hubris

Hubris (from ancient Greek ὕβρις) describes a personality quality of extreme or foolish pride or dangerous overconfidence, often in combination with (or synonymous with) arrogance.

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Imprisonment

Imprisonment (from imprison Old French, French emprisonner, from en in + prison prison, from Latin prensio, arrest, from prehendere, prendere, to seize) is the restraint of a person's liberty, for any cause whatsoever, whether by authority of the government, or by a person acting without such authority.

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Inchoate offense

An inchoate offense, preliminary crime, inchoate crime or incomplete crime is a crime of preparing for or seeking to commit another crime.

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Indecent assault

Indecent assault is an offence of aggravated assault in some common law-based jurisdictions.

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Intention (criminal law)

In criminal law, intent is one of three general classes of mens rea necessary to constitute a conventional, as opposed to strict liability, crime.

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Intimidation

Intimidation (also called cowing) is intentional behavior that "would cause a person of ordinary sensibilities" to fear injury or harm.

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Intoxication defense

In criminal law, the intoxication defense is a defense by which a defendant may claim diminished responsibility on the basis of substance intoxication.

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Judicial corporal punishment

Judicial corporal punishment (JCP) is the infliction of corporal punishment as a result of a sentence by a court of law.

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Kansas

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.

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Law of South Africa

South Africa has a 'hybrid' or 'mixed' legal system, formed by the interweaving of a number of distinct legal traditions: a civil law system inherited from the Dutch, a common law system inherited from the British, and a customary law system inherited from indigenous Africans (often termed African Customary Law, of which there are many variations depending on the tribal origin).

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Law Reports

The Law Reports is the name of a series of law reports published by the Incorporated Council of Law Reporting.

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List of national legal systems

The contemporary legal systems of the world are generally based on one of four basic systems: civil law, common law, statutory law, religious law or combinations of these.

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Lord Advocate

Her Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh, Laird Advocat), is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament.

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Lord Advocate's Reference

A Lord Advocate's Reference is a procedure by which the Lord Advocate, can refer a point of law which has arisen during the course of solemn proceedings, to the High Court of Justiciary sitting as the Court of Criminal Appeal, for a determination.

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Magistrates' court (England and Wales)

In England and Wales, a magistrates' court is a lower court which holds trials for summary offences and preliminary hearings for more serious ones.

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Mayhem (crime)

Mayhem is a common law criminal offense consisting of the intentional maiming of another person.

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Menacing

Menacing or brandishing is a criminal offense in many U.S. states generally defined as displaying a weapon with the intent of placing another person in fear of imminent physical injury or death.

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Mens rea

Mens rea (Law Latin for "guilty mind") is the mental element of a person's intention to commit a crime; or knowledge that one's action or lack of action would cause a crime to be committed.

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Misdemeanor

A misdemeanor (American English, spelled misdemeanour in British English) is any "lesser" criminal act in some common law legal systems.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.

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Motor vehicle

A motor vehicle is a self-propelled vehicle, commonly wheeled, that does not operate on rails, such as trains or trams and used for the transportation of passengers, or passengers and property.

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Murder in English law

Murder is an offence under the common law of England and Wales.

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Negligence

Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances.

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New York (state)

New York is a state in the northeastern United States.

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Night Poaching Act 1828

The Night Poaching Act 1828 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (citation 9 Geo. IV c. 69) still in effect in the 21st century.

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Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997

The Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 is an Act of the Oireachtas which virtually codified the criminal law on offences against the person in the Republic of Ireland.

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North Dakota

North Dakota is a U.S. state in the midwestern and northern regions of the United States.

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NSW Law Reports

The NSW Law Reports are the official reports of the courts of New South Wales, Australia.

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Offences Against the Person Act 1861

The Offences against the Person Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict c 100) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Operation Spanner

Operation Spanner was the name of an operation carried out by police in the United Kingdom city of Manchester in 1987, as a result of which a group of homosexual men were convicted of assault occasioning actual bodily harm for their involvement in consensual sadomasochism over a ten-year period.

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Piracy Act 1837

The Piracy Act 1837 (7 Will 4 & 1 Vict c 88) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Police

A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by a state to enforce the law, to protect people and property, and to prevent crime and civil disorder.

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Police (Scotland) Act 1967

The Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament which until 2013 had provided a framework for territorial police forces in Scotland to operate within.

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Police Act 1996

The Police Act 1996 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which defined the current police areas in England and Wales, constituted the current police authorities for those areas, and set out the relationship between the Home Secretary and the English and Welsh territorial police forces.

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Police officer

A police officer, also known as an officer, policeman, policewoman, cop, police agent, or a police employee is a warranted law employee of a police force.

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Police Reform Act 2002

The Police Reform Act 2002 (c.30) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Policing and Crime Act 2009

The Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c 26) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Pride

Pride is an inwardly directed emotion that carries two antithetical meanings.

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Probation

Probation in criminal law is a period of supervision over an offender, ordered by the court instead of serving time in prison.

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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c.29) (POCA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which provides for the confiscation or civil recovery of the proceeds from crime and contains the principal money laundering legislation in the UK.

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Rape

Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent.

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Road rage

Road rage is aggressive or angry behavior exhibited by a driver of a road vehicle, which includes rude and offensive gestures, verbal insults, physical threats or dangerous driving methods targeted toward another driver or a pedestrian in an effort to intimidate or release frustration.

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Robbery

Robbery is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by putting the victim in fear.

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Rush Rehm

Rush Rehm is Professor of Drama and Classics at Stanford University, California, in the United States.

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Sadomasochism

Sadomasochism is the giving or receiving pleasure from acts involving the receipt or infliction of pain or humiliation.

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School corporal punishment

School corporal punishment refers to causing deliberate pain or discomfort in response to undesired behaviour by students in schools.

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Scots law

Scots law is the legal system of Scotland.

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Serious Crime Act 2007

The Serious Crime Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that makes several radical changes to English criminal law.

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Serious Organised Crime Agency

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) was a non-departmental public body of the Government of the United Kingdom which existed from 1 April 2006 until 7 October 2013.

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Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005

The Serious Organized Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15) (often abbreviated to SOCPA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom aimed primarily at creating the Serious Organised Crime Agency.

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Sexual assault

Sexual assault is an act in which a person coerces or physically forces a person to engage in a sexual act against their will.

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Sexual Offences Act 2003

The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Sovereign immunity

Sovereign immunity, or crown immunity, is a legal doctrine by which the sovereign or state cannot commit a legal wrong and is immune from civil suit or criminal prosecution.

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Street fighting

Street fighting is hand-to-hand combat in public places, between individuals or groups of people.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Terroristic threat

A terroristic threat is a threat to commit a crime of violence or a threat to cause bodily injury to another person and terrorization as the result of the proscribed conduct.

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Theft Act 1968

The Theft Act 1968 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Tort

A tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong that causes a claimant to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act.

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Traffic Management Act 2004

The Traffic Management Act 2004 (c 18) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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UK Borders Act 2007

The UK Borders Act 2007 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom about immigration and asylum.

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Unborn Victims of Violence Act

The Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004 (Public Law 108-212) is a United States law which recognizes an embryo or fetus in utero as a legal victim, if they are injured or killed during the commission of any of over 60 listed federal crimes of violence.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States federal probation and supervised release

United States federal probation and supervised release are imposed at sentencing.

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Vigilante

A vigilante is a civilian or organization acting in a law enforcement capacity (or in the pursuit of self-perceived justice) without legal authority.

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Wrestling

Wrestling is a combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds.

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Zero-sum game

In game theory and economic theory, a zero-sum game is a mathematical representation of a situation in which each participant's gain or loss of utility is exactly balanced by the losses or gains of the utility of the other participants.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assault

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